Floor waxer



Aug.`28, 1934. H. l.. BRAUN 1,971,520

FLOOR WAXER Filed NOV. 1l. 1930 Inventar; 5

Patented Aug. 28, 1934 1.9115520; V:ladron waxen:

Harry raun, "Mimicm Anitario, Galatians- 1signor, to FrfGlive LBIIatchi-"Wlliitby, Ontario,

Canada .Application Novemhef..11, museum Normaal,

l `Hlie `zirmentinnlrelaisltoiumpromnrentsrin .floor waxers as described in the presentlgspeietin and .shawnsinlthef accompanying drawing that form a part of the same.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple and efficient floor waxerwhich may be easily manipulated and which during operation automatically feeds the wax to the surface being treated.

'I'he invention consists in the novel features of construction, arrangements and combinations described in the present specification and more particularly pointed out in the claims for novelty following.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved floor waxer.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the waxer. Y

Figure 4 is a partial side elevation of a modication of the invention.

Figure 5 is an end View of the structure shown in Figure 4. fl Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.`

Referring to the drawing the base 1 of the waxer is constructed of cast metal, is preferably oval in plan and's provided with a centrally dis- 139 posed wax outlet 2, said base presenting a. flat lower face over which is secured in any desired manner a felt waxing pad 3 vhaving an opening therein in register with the wax outlet 2, said pad being adapted to receive the wax as it passes outil. Wardly through the opening 2 and spread same over the surface being treated.

Positioned above the base 1, and preferably cast integral therewith, is a cylindrical wax container 4 having its interior equal in diameter to, and in 4,0: vertical alignment with the opening 2 in said base, said wax container being closed at its top end and being adapted to be filled from the under side of the base.

A screw, or worm, 5 rotatably mounted in the 46; head of the wax container and projecting downwardly therethrough and operating centrally within said wax container carries a plunger, or wax press, 6 threading thereon and which through the rotation of said screw is forced downwardly 250i against the wax and feeds same through the outlet 3.

A circular disc '7 mounted on the upper end of the screw 5 above the wax container 4 and having peripheral notches 8 therein provides means for` *5.51 rotating said screw to operate the wax press 6.

Thefdic '7 :lis-spaced the-.heed mf xtheswax container, y.matartelof washersQi-construetedfof gubberfer othensmtahlesmwteriarl:encircling the screw 5, and said screw is yieldably mounted within said head by means of a cotter pin, or other suitable element, 10 engaging the lower end of a spring 11 which is positional within a suitable housing in said head and encircles said screw.

12 is a handle which is provided at its lower end with arms 13 which span the wax container fb: and are pivoted at opposite sides thereof.

A finger, or pawl'14 is carried by one of the arms of the handle l2 and is yieldably held in engagement with the teeth of the disc 7 by means of a spring 15 mounted on a pin 16 so that on l each movement of the Waxer in one direction the altered vertical position of the handle will cause the pawl to partially rotate the disc 7, and which has the effect of threading the plunger 6 downwardly on the screw 5 and keeping the wax 7.5.: container in engagement with the surface being treated.

The pawl 14 is preferably mounted on the outer face of the handle and extends through a slot 1'T in said handle into the path of the disc '7, so that 99. in the event of it being desirable to discontinue the automatic Wax feeder, as for instance when the device is used to polish a surface after waxing, said pawl may be simply withdrawn from said slot and swung laterally against the handle, (as 86;' shown in the dotted lines in Figure 2).

In the operation of this invention the portion of the wax container below the plunger 6 is filled with the wax and the device is propelled over the floor surface by means of the handle and as the said handle rises' and falls in the to and fro movement of the device the pawl 14 partially rotates the disc 7 causing the screw 5 to rotate and force the plunger 6 downwardly against the wax and keep same continually in engagement with the floor.

In Figures 4 and 5 a modified construction is shown in which the arms 13 of the handle are supported on pins 18 which extend into elongated horizontal slots 19 in the opposite sides of the m0 casting and stretch backwardly and forwardly in said slots as the Waxer is propelled over the floor. 'I'he pawl 20 is supported at its lower end on a pin 18 and is fulcrumed midway of its length as at 21 so that as the handle moves to and fro in m5 the slots the upper end of the pawl will be moved simultaneously to rotate the element '1, Y

What I claim is:

1. In a waxer, a waxing pad holder, a wax cony r tainer therein, a pressure plate operating in the container, a screw connected to the pressure plate, means for mounting the screw to cause the latter to advance the pressure plate in the movement of the screw, a notched disc connected to the screw, a handle movably connected to the holder, and means carried by the handle to engage .and automatically actuate j the notched vdisc in the movement of the handle incident to the to and fro movement of the waxer.

2. A floor waxing tool comprising a base plate having a suitable floor engaging surface, a handle pivotally attached to said base plate, a Wax container adapted to be mounted on said base plate, communicating means permitting the passage o f wax from said container to the lower surface of said base plate, a plunger rdevice in said container held against rotary movement, a-screw member in said container having threaded engagement with said plunger device whereby the klatter is caused to advance in the container as the screw member is -turned, ratchet devices for causing stepeby-step rotation of the screw member, and pivotal-connections betweensaid ratchet devices its and the handle, whereby wax may be continually and uniformly ejected from the container as the handle is swung back and forth in its normal operation for reciprocating the tool.

3. A floor waxing tool comprising a base plate having, a suitable floor engaging surface, a handle pivotally attached to said base plate, na wax containing element carried by said base plate, com- ""rnuhicating means permitting the passage of wax `from said wax containing element to the lower surface of said base plate, a plunger device in said wax containing element, a screw member in said containing element having threaded en- Vgagement'with said plunger device whereby the 

